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Home- October 11, 2019
Doctor Strange 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2016 | 115 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 01, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A subtly maimed surgeon finds a new life when a wizard trains him to become the new Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic book / Surreal
Light of My Life Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2019 | 120 min | Rated R | Oct 08, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond, and the character of humanity, is tested.
Drama
Deadwood: The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
HBO | 2019 | 110 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 08, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In this original movie based on David Milch’s acclaimed, Emmy(R)-winning HBO series, the indelible characters of the show are reunited after a decade to celebrate South Dakota’s statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds reopened as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.
Drama / Western
In the Aftermath Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 1988 | 72 min | Not rated | Sep 24, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, an angel descends to help the survivors.
Animation / Anime / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
- October 10, 2019
I Am Not a Witch Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 2017 | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Jan 15, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in the middle of a desert. At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch. Like the other residents, Shula is tied to a ribbon which is attached to a coil that perches in a large tree. She is told that should she ever cut the ribbon, she'll be cursed and transformed into a goat.
Drama
Ant-Man 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2015 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 01, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Ant-Man 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2015 | 117 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 01, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Primary Colors Blu-ray Movie
Universal Studios | 1998 | 143 min | Rated R | Oct 08, 2019 | Martin Liebman
Jack Stanton (Travolta) is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan (Thompson). Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.
Comedy / Drama
From Beyond the Grave Blu-ray Movie
Creatures / Warner Archive Collection
Warner Bros. | 1974 | 98 min | Rated PG | Oct 08, 2019 | Randy Miller III
Anthology film from Amicus adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes strung together about an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. Stories include "The Gate Crasher", "An Act of Kindness", "The Elemental" and "The Door"...
Horror
Addams Family Values Blu-ray Movie
Paramount Pictures | 1993 | 94 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 01, 2019 | Dr. Stephen Larson
A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love.
Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Supernatural / Comic book
- October 09, 2019
Hellboy 4K Blu-ray Movie
15th Anniversary Edition | Theatrical & Directors cuts / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Sony Pictures | 2004 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 132 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 15, 2019 | Martin Liebman
A demon raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Guardians of the Galaxy 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 2014 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 01, 2019 | Martin Liebman
An Earth-born outlaw who came of age in space, Peter "Star-Lord" Quill joins with four idiosyncratic aliens, including a bounty-hunting raccoon and a living tree, to recover a coveted infinity stone and fight an intergalactic evil.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
Guardians of the Galaxy 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Disney / Buena Vista | 2014 | 121 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 01, 2019 | Martin Liebman
An Earth-born outlaw who came of age in space, Peter "Star-Lord" Quill joins with four idiosyncratic aliens, including a bounty-hunting raccoon and a living tree, to recover a coveted infinity stone and fight an intergalactic evil.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic book
My Boyfriend's Back Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1993 | 85 min | Rated PG-13 | Oct 08, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Teenager Johnny Dingle will do anything to keep his date with the hottest girl in school - even come back from the grave.
Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Chernobyl Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + Digital Copy
HBO | 2019 | 322 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 01, 2019 | Jeffrey Kauffman
In April 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Drama / History / Thriller / Psychological thriller
The Haunting of Hill House Blu-ray Movie
Extended Director's Cut
Paramount Pictures | 2018 | 570 min | Not rated | Oct 15, 2019 | Martin Liebman
The Haunting of Hill House is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson's legendary novel of the same name, about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they're reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their own pasts...some which lurk in their minds...and some which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House.
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Psychological thriller / Supernatural
Apostasy Blu-ray Movie
Artificial Eye | 2018 | 95 min | Rated BBFC: PG | Sep 17, 2018 | Neil Lumbard
Devout Jehovah's Witnesses, Alex and Luisa and their mother are united in The Truth. But as Luisa starts to question the advice of the Elders she makes a life-altering transgression that leaves the whole family in fear of God's wrath.
Drama
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion Blu-ray Movie
Sentai Filmworks | 2019 | 82 min | Rated TV-MA | Oct 22, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Far from Orario rises a new threat, one the beautiful goddess Artemis has sworn to destroy with the help of Bell Cranel, who must partner with the goddess and stand against the menace lurking in the remains of a distant, ancient city. Although Bell is the ordained champion of Artemis and a member of the goddess Hestia’s familia, their adventure will test every skill and take every ounce of courage that Bell has — and perhaps, along the way, turn him into the hero he has always aspired to be.
Anime / Fantasy / Foreign
Joshiraku: Complete Collection Blu-ray Movie
じょしらく
Maiden Japan | 2012 | 325 min | Rated TV-14 | Oct 01, 2019 | Neil Lumbard
Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Gankyo and Kukuru are five young women with completely different interests and personalities, but there's one thing that they all share: performing Rakugo, a unique form of Japanese comic theater in which a single artist sits in front of an audience and tells an entire story, portraying multiple characters solely through changes of voice and minimal movements. It's a challenging art but all five of our heroines are determined to become the best they can… and in the meantime, they find themselves hanging out together, both at the Rakugo theaters and around town. They also have a shared acquaintance, a mysterious stranger who's always wearing a wrestling mask! What's that about? To find out, pull up a seat and watch as our heroines put on the best show in town in JOSHIRAKU!
Anime / Comedy / Comic book / Foreign
- October 08, 2019
ffolkes Blu-ray Movie
North Sea Hijack
Kino Lorber | 1980 | 100 min | Rated PG | Oct 01, 2019 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When terrorists take over two oil rigs and threaten to explode them if their demands are not met, a unique commando unit is sent in to stop them.
Action / Adventure / Thriller